Russians claim major advances south of Rostov and near Kharkov
Soviet and Berlin reports outline a Russian push across the North Caucasus toward Rostov, with forces capturing Starobelsk and Feschanokopskoye. The drive extends from Voronezh to new successes, including reports of Cossacks aiding, and heavy German resistance described as stubborn hand to hand fighting.
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Monitor
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Plan to settle strike prompts vast steel plant vote
In Toronto on January 25 ten thousand workers in two major Canadian steel plants vote on government plans to settle a 13 day strike by United Steel Workers of America members. Dominion Steel and Coal in Sydney Nova Scotia and Algoma Steel in Sault Ste Marie Ontario. 3 500 workers at Trenton Nova Scotia voted against returning to work. Government proposal features a basic 55 cent per hour wage with a cost of living bonus and a safeguard that the hourly rate cannot dip below 55 cents.
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United Steel Workers of America
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Dominion Steel & Cox] Corp
Sydney
N.S
Algoma Steel Corp
Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Dominion Steel
Trenton
MacArthur predicts swift victory in Pacific via air land force union
In Australia on January 25 General MacArthur argued Allied victory in the Pacific will come from swift massive strokes by coordinated air and land forces rather than slow island hopping. He cited Papuan campaign success proving air power can transport troops and support long-distance operations across difficult terrain. He urged offensive strategies leveraging air transport and fighter cover to penetrate dispersed strongholds.
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Pacific
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United Nations
Macarthur
Papua
Lhrake
Kewaunee Gets War Bond Flag at Plant Ceremony
Kewaunee Manufacturing received the Minute Man flag from the U S Treasury and a bull s eye flag for war bond pay deduction. C G Campbell accepted for the company as 90 percent of workers participate with deductions around 11 to 12 percent. Mayor J W Lundehl and other officials attended as Peirsol urged unity among 130 million Americans to back the war effort. Joe Choynski dead at 74 after a career facing Sullivan Corbett and others.
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Louis F. Germond
Adelbert Vedder
A. A. Palmer
Mr. Palmer
Charles L. Robertson
Eleven year old boy held in county jail on theft ring
An 11 year old Adrian youth tied to a theft ring is jailed awaiting questioning after leading a group that robbed downtown stores. Police report multiple break ins across McClennan Woolworth Cunningham’s Drug Arden Doug J C Penney and others with items including lighter, tobacco, knives and even a dollar from a 100 year old Civil War veteran. Authorities plan to detain him and question several other youths, noting no punishment options due to his age.
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M. E. Tripp
McClennan
F. W. Woolworth
Cunttingham's Drug
Arden Doug
J. C. Penney Company
Martin Loop
Starr Commonwealth
Albion
War makes it tough for counterfeiters in wartime economy
Denver report shows secret service agent Rowland K. Goddard says wartime material shortages hit both coiners and forgers. babbit metal inks and engraving zinc are scarce under War Production Board controls. Public education by the treasury cuts counterfeiting by teaching flaws to students and clubs.
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Goddard
Treasury Department
Fate of Fifteen Aboard Damaged Pan American Plane in Peru
Rescuers sought to reach the badly damaged Pan American transport that crashed off the Peruvian coast about 330 miles south of Lima. The aircraft carrying 11 passengers and four crew disappeared Friday and was located by a search plane. Land access was halted by bad roads as rescuers worked to reach the stricken plane. Among the passengers were three U.S. citizens and two British officials. three crew members, including the pilot, were U.S. citizens.
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Santiago
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Golden Gardener
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Stettinius Reports on Aid to Allies
Washington datelined report shows Edward R. Stettinius Jr. telling Congress that most tanks and combat planes built last year went to allied nations via lend-lease or direct purchase. He placed lend-lease value at 9.253 billion dollars as of Jan 1, with 79 percent of eight billion plus dollars since 1941 for goods and 1.705 billion for services. He stressed lend-lease is not a loan or charity but a defense measure aligned with American interests and the Allied cause. Also reported is the capture of Lieut John B. Elliott, 25, of Battle Creek, as a German prisoner of war after a European bombing mission. Elliott is the son of Dr and Mrs James A. Elliott of Grand Rapids.
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Pia
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
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Stettinius
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Nedptes
United Nations
Stettin&us
Battle Creek
John B. Elliott
Europe
War Department
Elliott
Batile Creek
James A. Ellett
Grand Rapids
Naval update on Guadalcanal drives gains and losses
Washington reports American forces on a broad offensive in the Solomon Islands winning seven positions on Guadalcanal. Navy casualty figures rise with seven dead, air attacks causing multiple injuries and cargo. Overall naval Marine and coast guard deaths total 6,393 with 3,903 wounded and 11,470 missing since December 7, 1941. Auction notices follow on the Market Page with listings near Adri and Belton in Georgia.
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Solomon Islands
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Guadalcanal
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
War Manpower Chief Aims 3.5 Million Farm Volunteers
Washington report says War Manpower Commissioner Paul McNutt and Food Administrator Wickard will mobilize about 3.5 million volunteers for seasonal farm work this year. A second dispatch from London notes French forces under Brigadier Leclerc pushing west of Tripoli with only 50 miles to reach the Mediterranean in a fighting communique.
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Washington
Paul ¥. McNutt
Wickard
London
Jacques Leclerc
Tripoli
Mediterranean
Woollcott funeral plans in progress after sudden death
Alexander Woollcott, 56, noted author and critic, died of a heart attack during a live broadcast of the Peoples Platform program on the Columbia network. His note to Brooklyn College president Dr Harry D Gideonse signaled his illness. Funeral arrangements by brother William Woollcott to be made in Catonville, Md.
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Harry D. Gideonse
Brooklyn College
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Catonville
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New York World
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New York Sun
Great Britain
Irving Bernp
Mets
Fiske
Killer of Woman on Train Sought as Mystery Grows
Portland police in their third day of inquiry into the slaying of Mrs Martha Virginia Brinson James aboard a California bound train near Tangent Oregon. Ensign Richard F James husband of the victim faces a baffling case with two men questioned and a third unidentified suspect sought. Witnesses report a loud scream and a bloodied neck wound as the killer attacked in the lower berth.
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Martha Virginia Brinson James
T Ney
Klamath Falls
Harold RK. Wilson
Buckley
Wash
John Funchet
Oakland
Calif
John Doe
James
Norfolk
Richard F. James
Virginia
Seattle
Tangent
Administration Seeks To Avoid Assault On Food Cost Controls
Washington January 25 The Administration prepares for a strategic retreat on agricultural price controls to avert a congressional assault. Attorney General Biddle drafts an opinion on how farm labor costs affect price ceilings while Congress debates including farmer family labor in totals. McNarney testifies on manpower needs for war and home production as hearings open.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congressional Price Bloc
Biddle
Congress
James F. Byrnes
Leon Henderson
Prentiss M. Brown
Michigan
OPA
Wreckage of Navy Plane Found Near Blue Lake
Santa Rosa Calif January 25 A large plane demolished found at Blue Lake in northern Lake county about 100 miles north of San Francisco Police said the postmaster reported the discovery This area matches earlier civilian reports of a missing navy transport with 19 aboard including Rear Admiral Robert H English three captains and three commanders The distress sightings were reported Thursday over the northeastern Sonoma county mountains near Blue Lake Trapper James Dougherty five miles west of Calistoga said he saw a very large plane northward at 1000 feet with a motor dropping and a white sheet like object flapping from a window Quicksilver miner Jack Seavers reported a great pillar of smoke from a ridge two miles away. he thought a brush fire
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Calif
Blue Lake
Lake County
San Francisco
Robert H. English
Pacific Fleet
Sonoma County
Pearl Harbor
Clear Lake
James Dougherty
Calistoga
Petrified Forest
Jack Seavers
Noted Diplomat Dies in Canada
Ottawa reports the death of Jay Pierrepont Moffat United States Minister to Canada since 1940 at age 46 after a recent operation. He fell ill yesterday morning at the American Legation and died around 9 30 a m surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held here Tuesday and his ashes will be sent to the United States. Prime Minister Mackenzie King led tributes to the career diplomat who came to Ottawa in 1927. He was native of Rye New York and son in law of Joseph Grew former U S Ambassador to Tokyo.
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Canada
Jay Pierrepont Moffat
United States
Moffat
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CG. Whitley
Montreal
Mackenzie King
Diplomatic Corps
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U. S
Rye
Joseph Grew
Talkyo
Seven Raids Staged On Japanese Bases
American aircraft struck seven Japanese bases in the Pacific in raids over Friday and Saturday, the navy reported. Bombers hit Munda on New Georgia Island with heavy damage and fires. an ammunition dump was hit. Flying Fortresses attacked Santa Isabel, Kahili, and Ballale in the Solomons while Guadalcanal and Espiritu Santo faced Japanese air attacks. Ninety five Japanese were killed on Guadalcanal in ground fighting last Wednesday through Friday.
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Americans Accept Axis Forces Dare in North Africa Raid
American troops near Maknassy repelled a German challenge and captured 80 enemy soldiers after a raid prompted by taunts from Axis forces. The action comes as French British and American units halted the German push in the Ousseltia Valley, with Allied patrols finding French wounded from the tank-led drive. Further details remain sparse as authorities assess the brush with Axis forces along coastal routes and inland rails. An army bomber crash near Ordway, Colorado killed all aboard, with initial tolls estimated between 9 and 11.
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Monro
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von Arnim
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Tunis
Sausse
Turn To
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British eighth army nears Tunis as Rommel retreats
British forces push toward the Tunisian border in a swift advance aimed at Rommel's forces with reports that Axis troops mass near Mareth Line. American units are described as massing on the Algerian Tunisian frontier while Allied observers foresee possible major engagements in central Tunisia.
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Ross Monro
War fronts and air battles across the world in wartime update
RUSSIA Nazis admit evacuation of troops at Voronezh as the Red army closes in on Rostov and advances 500 miles westward. The Reds claim the entire eastern and central Caucasus cleared, threaten Maikop oil fields and German retreat. PACIFIC American fliers launch seven weekend raids on Japanese positions including Munda. Japs strike American bases in Solomons and New Hebrides. AFRICA British Eighth Army advances toward Tunisia as Rommel retreats. Allied airfield strikes along Libyan Tunisian frontier. EUROPEAN GENERAL London hints Marshall may command all Allied forces in Europe for a giant offensive on European soil. MONROE OFFICER KILLED Columbia S C January 25 six killed in bomber crash near Great Falls. includes Second Lt Ralph F Badell of Monroe MI.
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Solomons
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